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Show May 3, 1977 Page 2 Signpost Free concert given by Denver musician NOW in Detroit ASWSC is sponsoring a free concert to ho held Friday and Saturday nights. May (i and 7. in the I'nion Station at 7:30 p.m. Dino Arthur is an upcoming talent in the music field out of Denver. Colo, and is looking forward in coming to Weber to perform. Like Most "native" Coloradoans. Arthur was born in another state ( Ohio, to be exact)-the son of a farmer from Tennessee and an emigrant from Italy. His parents gave him early lessons on the clarinet and saxophone, encouraged him in sports, planned for him to go to college, bought him his first guitar, let him drive to high school, bragged about his first-year grades in college, disowned him when he joined the SDS. gave up hope when he left college to play rock 'n' roll, saw some of the light when the years began to show that music was his calling, questioned the recent selling of his eh-cti ic guitar, and now think he is a big celebrity in Colorado. CM.i... mm , Arthur landed in Denver about three years ago and set up to do what he wanted to do develop, write and perform his own music. And so he has. In April 1977, Biscuit City Records will release Dino Arthur's first album. The Open Boat, recorded the previous winter in Denver. The album contains nine original songs performed by him, accompanied by a handful of fine musicians. He was recently picked as one of the top five original performers in the Denver area by 'Denver Magazine' (April '77), and placed third in the Rocky Mountain region of United Artists' publicity type "Woody Guthrie Invitational Folksingers Contest." He said. "My songs seem to fall into three categories, 'modern narratives,' 'love songs,' and 'immigrant humor." In totality, it's what I call Italian Mountain Music the obvious and the understated. laughter and tears." Three years in Denver, singing, writing, performing, recording Arthur now goes back to the road as a solo artist, on a new journey. Student attends convention e ALEX HALEY TELLS THE STORY OF HIS SEARCH FOR ROOTS mm The author of the best-selling book speaks before a live audience of the trials, tribulations, joys and sorrows of his 9-year, half-million mile search for his ancestry. A unique 2-record package. ( W. Mfr. list price $9.98 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 9 'TIL MIDNIGHT o ' ' J ' - ----- lainn niiiiiiniii maim i IM mm-,i, -, iimiiiiimgmnw hi I awi i nurr-imn tmr - it iwi'nl-1' by Sieve Henderson "ERA All the Way" was the chant of more than 1,000 women as they marched through the city center of Detroit during a steady downpour. It signaled the beginning of the National Organization for Women Convention.According to a UPI report, one drenched marcher, NOW member Deana Volpine of Detroit, looked up into the rainy heavens and said, "I cannot believe she would do this to us." Weber State Student Cathy Cartwright attended the NOW Convention April 22 through 24. Cathy drove 36 hours straight with little sleep from Ogden to Detroit. She said with a chuckle, "that the car trip was good except for running out of gas in Wyoming, and that it had rained most of the way." Cartwright is a member of NOW in Ogden. She feels that attending the conference was essential to her understanding the structure of the organization on a national level. "I was not disappointed; however, I was very disillusioned," she said. On the surface the women seemed to agree on the major issues. But the undercurrent of conflict will eventually undermine the unity that is imperative and necessary for eliminating sexual bias. "I feel that NOW will eventually split into two factions over a variety of issues," explained Cartwright. The main issues which involved the most conflicts were on strategies and tactics, and the mobilization of the membership into mass action. Also, the use of lobbying to initiate legislative reform, and the formation of a third party or the endorsement of political candidate's who would be most effective in ensuring the passage of the ERA are causing friction. Also, there was controversy concerning the formation of a strike force which would plan an overall strategy for the ratification of ERA. "A number of women felt these women would be an 'elitist' group," she said. Unfortunately they fail to see that the ERA is important to all members of NOW, regardless of their position within the movement. "Certainly this 'elitist' group would initiate action that would hinder the success of the ERA," claimed Cartwright. "As I see it," she stated, "the scope of the women's movement is severely restricted by the attitude that the economic gap between men and women must be closed within the existing system." She feels that with ERA as a top priority, the need for social reform has been eliminated. The majority of women feel the ERA will deal with all the problems. Hopefully the movement will not fall into the same trap as the suffrage movement did in the past. Also she thinks that the conceptualization and formation of an egalitarian-society along new social and economic line will become the top priority. There were 77 resolutions presented to the delegates at the convention. Besides having approximately 95 workshops, ranging from second decade tactics and strategy to male feminism. Cartwright kept busy for the few days that she spent at the convention and felt that the trip was well worth while. History was in the making and Cartwright. a history major, said she enjoyed being a part of it. "If I had it to do all over again," I would." she exclaimed. Un servicio publico de este fjl periodico y del Advertising Council, toinc' La Cruz Roja . El buenvecmo. |
